As Altucher said, if you have an enemy bent on attacking you and he incorrectly claims that you were born in Boston and you set the record straight that you were born in New York, his response is going to be, "Why that is even worse!"

Indeed, in Trump's letter announcing the firing of Comey, he anticipated the Democratic claim that they were going to charge him with a cover-up by stating:

While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau.

But for those attacking him, by pointing out that Comey said he was not under investigation, it is bizarrely worse in their eyes.

Why had Trump discussed the Russia probe with the FBI director three times, as he claimed in his letter dismissing Comey, which could have been a violation of Justice Department policies that ongoing investigations generally are not to be discussed with White House officials?

The media and Democrats hate that Trump beat them at their own game and won the election. that is the bottom line here. Coming out of nowhere and winning is something they will never, ever forget. It was a dagger in their elitist educated soul and exposed the fact that they could be removed from the top of the heap---by an outsider. An uncouth one and that. This is serious pain for second tier operators, second tier minds who have been exposed as second-tier.

He should call House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell into his office and tell them that he wants to see every Republican protecting his back. They can oppose him on policy issues but when it comes to having Trump's back they should all be behind him. And he should tell Ryan and McConnell that there will be an enemies list kept by Steve Bannon of any Republican who doesn't protect the President.

Trump needs to quit playing Mister Nice Guy.

He also needs to clean house policy wise and dump the crony establishment hangers on. He needs real fresh advisers, The only place he is going to find them is at the Mises Institute, The Independent Institute, The Future of Freedom Foundation and the Ron Paul Institute. If the media and the Democrats want to raise hell regardless of how Trump turns, he should bring fire and dragons and hell and burn the crony state down.

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Should Democrats be selectively prosecuted? I tend towards saying no. Should Republicans protect Donald Trump despite any policy he support? I tend towards saying no. The problem is too many laws and too much government that can be misused.

One can drain the swamp or one can enlist the swamp creature to do ones bidding. I have a hard time believing that one can do both at the same time.

Will Donald Trump encounter a Libertarian message on Fox News or among those he talks with already? Only time will tell.

This should also reinforce my continuous message that Keynesians have never and are never going to engage Austrian or PPS concepts. EVER. Our side does not seem to grasp that which is like Trump not grasping that the media and Democrats would want him dead even if he ushered in single payer, 6 months of maternity leave and abolished all home and private schools.